| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.83/5 (Rank #832)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
4% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,176 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C80°F (feels 31°C88°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 84%
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$179 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Nicaragua |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 27°C 80°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 31°C 88°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100 NIO in USD | USD 2.71 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NIO 10,000 = USD 271 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Republika Nicaragua |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | NomadLife |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 16,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,151 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 65% 👱♀️ 35% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,176 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,677 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,564 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $447 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,165 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,537 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,296 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $5,430 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $195 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $149 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | 0 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $4 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Friendly people
✅ Good surfing nearby
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Frequent power outages
❌ Noisy environment
❌ Mediocre internet
❌ Dirty main beach
❌ Poor road conditions
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3188° hot |
3086° warm |
2984° warm |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
| Real (median) |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 81% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
dry 21mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 21mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 204mm |
rainy 179mm |
rainy 180mm |
rainy 263mm |
rainy 209mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 14mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 22% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,700 people | 1,800 people | 1,457 people | 1,500 people | 1,029 people | 800 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,350 people | 667 people | 750 people |
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